Something else blue

Something from my local travels, an Adonis Blue pictured on a cloudy day at Lardon Chase about 30mins drive from here. I'm hoping one day to put up a webpage on butterflies but progress is slow..they move more than my plants do! Anyway back to the Adonis Blue, these are somewhat rare, confined to hot Chalk downland, they are probably at their northern limit in the UK around here. In the garden, for the UK, the most common blue butterfly is the Holly Blue, a sort of powder blue with a dark edge and silvery underwings, feeding on Holly berries in the springtime and with a second brood lays eggs on Ivy berries. If you are interested in such things I recommend joining Butterfly Conservation who help conserve butterflies and moths and their habitats http://www.butterfly-conservation.org/index.php